Edwin Mutai

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Job losses as Treasury to dissolve six regional authorities

3 days ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

The National Treasury is set to dissolve six Regional Development Authorities and facilitate the eventual transfer of assets, liabilities and personnel to the two levels of government by the end of June, 2025. The Treasury budget documents for the financial year 2025/26 show that the six authorities are to be disbanded in light of devolution and their impact on local governance.
MPs summon CS Wahome over failure to attend six meetings

1 week ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

What you need to know:The judge also issued an order declaring the transfer of the suit property to the 3rd defendant (Settlement Fund Trustees), and all consequential transfers are null and void. Mr Faki said the committee also visited Mombasa to address historical land injustices. “The Lands Ministry has been a big let down to the committee by stalling our work,” Mr Faki said.
From 10 to six: New Bill cuts roads agency bosses' terms by four years

1 week ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

The directors-general of three road agencies will serve for a maximum of six years, down from the current 10, if Parliament approves a new Bill proposing to reduce their term from five years (renewable) to three.
MPs order KAA to demolish Sh4.3m bungalow erected in its land

1 week ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

Parliament has ordered the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) to demolish a bungalow and repossess land within the next two weeks that has been grabbed by an individual in Embakasi Estate. The land has remained un-reclaimed nearly five years after the High Court ruled in the state agency’s favour.
University fees: MPs mull amendments to block Ruto ‘roadside directives’

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

Parliament is considering amendments to the law to prohibit unilateral directives by the President and the Cabinet Secretary requiring universities to allow students to sit for exams or graduate without paying tuition fees.
Senators summon Mutua over overseas jobs scam

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

Parliament has summoned Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua and the National Employment Authority (NEA) over the swindling of youth seeking employment abroad by recruitment agencies. The Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare wants Dr Mutua to appear before it on May 6, 2025 over the failure by the government to send thousands of youths to work abroad despite having been recruited and given job offers.
400,000 students in poorly-run universities face uncertainty

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

More than 400,000 students or 60 per cent of the total enrollment in public universities are studying in institutions that are poorly governed, a parliamentary committee heard. Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba told the National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education that 21 out of the 43 universities in Kenya are non-performing in terms of management.
Ministry forms team to address rampant land fraud

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

The Ministry of Lands has set up Multi-Agency Teams (MAT) comprising top security agencies to help it combat land fraud, a parliamentary committee heard. Lands Principal Secretary Nixon Korir told the Committee on Implementation of House Resolutions that it is working with security authorities to fight increasing threats of fraudulent land transactions.
PS Omollo risks Sh500,000 fine for snubbing MPs' committee ‘for over a year’

3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has been summoned to Parliament for snubbing several invitations by the Committee on Implementation of House Resolutions for over a year. The Interior and National Coordination PS also risks a fine of Sh500,000 for skipping three consecutive invitations to appear before MPs to provide the status of implementations of various House recommendations on public petitions.
Six top universities owe State agency Sh750m quality assurance fees

3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Edwin Mutai

Six top universities owe the Commission for University Education (CUE) more than three quarters of the Sh1.03 billion for quality assurance charges, which have been outstanding for over eight years. The commission told the National Assembly’s Public Investment Committee on Governance and Education that the six universities owe it Sh750 million or 75 percent of the total outstanding debt of Sh1.03 billion.